Accessing Files Etc From Back Up Files

[joko]

i found an old drive with a few old back ups on, from 8 years ago. i had a back up drive fail yrs ago and havent been able to access anything on it - so im curious if any of this back up contains things that were on that drive

however - the contents are all spread out into zip files, which require clicking through about 4 folders to see them, and often its only a couple of things - so it will take ages to go through.

is there a way to extract just the files all in one go and put them on a drive?

like some utility or software that will do it?

i just want my personal data, none of the other stuff that may get saved with a back-up, like settings, program data, system files etc.

thanks :)

[Old_Geezer]

Would assume any application that opens zip files could do that for you. But "all" saves you having to select. They should be able to cope with restoring specific directories, but won't be able to identify individual stuff without you selecting it.

[joko]

thanks og, but theyre opening, its more the clicking through 4-5 more folders to reach the couple of documents thats annoying, i want something that will extract just the documents into one place etc - and get rid of all the extra folders etc